University Of Washington Michael G. Foster School Of Business

The University Of Washington Michael G. Foster School Of Business is the business school at the University of Washington, Seattle. It was founded in 1917 and has nearly 46,000 alumni. The School is the second oldest institution of management education on the West Coast. The school offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. Each year about 2,500 students enroll in our undergraduate and graduate programs, and over 1,000 participate in Executive Education. The University Of Washington Board Of Regents recently renamed the UW Business School the Michael G. Foster School of Business in honor of the Foster Foundation's co-founder, its recent $36.5 million gift and lifetime total contribution of $50 million to the School of Business. The Foster gift will help transform the School with new programs, faculty, scholarships and more — starting with a new name.The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the European Quality Improvement System accredited the school. In 2006, U.S. News ranked the Business School 23rd in the nation and 7th amongst public institutions. An objective ranking of Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index by Academic Analytics ranks University of Washington in research productivity in Business Administration and in marketing. The Foster School's Custom Executive Education Programs are ranked fourth of their kind by The Economist. UW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is ranked fifth best in the country by Entrepreneur magazine.